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Saturday, 20 October 2012

Hoopy Birthday

I have a compulsion that I think I might need counselling for very soon. I can't help myself - even though I know it's wrong and I shouldn't do it, I do it anyway, and then feel really guilty.

But I think trying to explain the lure of new rubber to a therapist could end me up in far deeper water than I am already in. I mean, what would you think if a lady of a certain age sat on your sofa and said she was addicted to rubber??

And that compulsion/addiction has lead me to some gorgeous stamps from Kraftin' Kimmie that I have seen around on blogland and just knew I had to have. If you haven't met this little lady already let me introduce you to Lulu.

This one is from the Lulu On The Move set that I found with the lovely Tracy at Dies to Die For. There are three Lulu images in the set and a sprinkle of sentiments so all is well with the world - great value for money. I also bought the Birthday Lulu set but haven't taken ink to rubber yet.

I've made this one for my office room-mate's little girl who will be six on Monday. She isn't a girlie-girl but not quite a tomboy so it was difficult to find that in between.

I've painted Lulu with Distress Inks (ReInkers) and then with her hoop I used Diamond Glaze to give dimension and shine and added a sprinkle of Glamour Dust for some irresistible sparkle. I know it doesn't show well in the above photo so here is a closer look just to prove it really does sparkle!

And that quirky sentiment is part of the set. Brilliant.

That's all from me for now. Hope your day is a happy one, whatever you are up to.

oh who would not want a sparkly hoop like that gorgeous image and great primary coloured card. re the fish yes most of my male cards have fishing people on them made a change to put a car on one lol xxHugs Kate xx

Great fun card Squirrel ... Love it Hun!! I wouldn't worry too much about your compulsion for rubber ... When I first wrote my blog profile I happily put that I am addicted to rubber stamping, but when I googled my blog one time the little sentence you see beneath the title of the website ended just before the last word (blush!!) it put a whole new complexion on the phrase "Passion for papercraft" lol!,HugsPauline x

Hi Squirrel, I managed to break away from my rubber addiction about 2 years ago, I did suffer withdrawal symptoms but I am over them now ;)I love this card and it's a fab image for the "neither girlie nor tomboy" girl :o)Jackie xx

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